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Volume 87, Number 6, November 2005

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Acknowledgement to reviewers

Review

Free Content Complications of vasectomy
pp. 406-410(5)
Authors: Awsare, Ninaad S.; Krishnan, Jai; Boustead, Greg B.; Hanbury, Damian C.; McNicholas, Thomas A.

Controversial topics in orthopaedics

Surgical Oncology

Free Content Pitfalls in the construction of cancer guidelines demonstrated by the analyses of colorectal referrals
pp. 419-426(8)
Authors: Hodder, R.J.; Ballal, M.; Selvachandran, S.N.; Cade, D.

Free Content Complications and mortality following stoma formation
pp. 427-431(5)
Authors: Harris, D.A.; Egbeare, D.; Jones, S.; Benjamin, H.; Woodward, A.; Foster, M.E.

Free Content Should HIV patients be considered a high risk group for the development of prostate cancer?
pp. 437-438(2)
Authors: Quatan, Nadine; Nair, Sabarinath; Harrowes, Fran; Hay, Phillip

Vascular

Free Content Changes in the provision of vascular surgery in a single health region over 10 years
pp. 439-442(4)
Authors: Stechman, M.J.; Magee, T.R.; Galland, R.B.

Free Content Duplex imaging immediately prior to carotid endarterectomy
pp. 443-444(2)
Authors: Laurence, J.M.; McCarthy, M.J.; London, N.J.M.; Bell, P.R.F.; Naylor, A.R.

Trauma/Orthopaedics

Free Content Blood ordering protocol based on proposed surgical implant in fractured neck of femur patients
pp. 445-448(4)
Authors: Morritt, D.G.; Morritt, A.N.; Kelley, S.P.; Stone, M.H.

Free Content The 'ABC' of examining foot radiographs
pp. 449-451(3)
Authors: Pearse, Eyiyemi O.; Klass, Benjamin; Bendall, Stephen P.

Infection

Free Content MRSA - Why treat the symptoms and not the disease?
pp. 452-453(2)
Author: Spigelman, M.

Audit

Free Content Use of the CRABEL Score for improving surgical case-note quality
pp. 454-457(4)
Authors: Ho, M.Y.; Anderson, A.R.; Nijjar, A.; Thomas, C.; Goenka, A.; Hossain, J.; Curley, P.J.

Free Content Quality of clinical case note entries: how good are we at achieving set standards?
pp. 458-460(3)
Authors: Osborn, G.D.; Pike, H.; Smith, M.; Winter, R.; Vaughan-Williams, E.

Free Content Alveolar bone grafting: achieving the organisational standards determined by CSAG, a baseline audit at the Birmingham Children's Hospital
pp. 461-465(5)
Authors: Clarkson, J.; Paterson, P.; Thorburn, G.; El-Ali, K.; Richard, B.; Hammond, M.; Wake, M.

Free Content Unplanned admissions following ambulatory plastic surgery - a retrospective study
pp. 466-468(3)
Authors: Mandal, A.; Imran, D.; McKinnell, T.; Rao, G.S.

Technical Section: Technical Notes, Short Report & Tips

Free Content Technical Section: Technical Notes, Short Report & Tips
pp. 471-476(6)
Author: Campbell, Bruce

Selected internet viewings

Free Content Selected internet viewings
pp. 477-481(5)
Author: Cheshire, Nick

e-Letters - new additions

Free Content e-Letters - new additions
pp. 481-481(1)

New on-line only case reports

Erratum

Free Content Erratum: Technical Note
pp. 481-481(1)

Trainees' presentations

Free Content Trainees' presentations
pp. 482-487(6)
Author: de Cossart, Linda

Letters and comments

Free Content A Caribbean perspective
pp. 488-488(1)
Author: Naraynsingh, Vijay

Free Content Management of gall stone pancreatitis
pp. 488-489(2)
Authors: Sinha, A.; Savage, A.P.

Free Content Author's response
pp. 489-489(1)
Author: Goodman, A.J.

Free Content Transanal resection of the prostate
pp. 489-489(1)
Authors: Hon, N.; Lynn, N.; Chen, T.F.

Free Content Computerised databases
pp. 489-490(2)
Author: Shaw, Richard J.

Free Content Authors' response
pp. 490-490(1)
Authors: Benjamin, E.; Alusi, G.

Free Content Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
pp. 490-490(1)
Author: Cotton, Michael

Free Content Fracture Liaison Service
pp. 491-491(1)
Authors: Hems, T.E.J.; McQuillian, C.

Free Content Authors' response
pp. 491-491(1)
Authors: Smith, M.G.; Dunkow, P.; Lang, D.M.

Free Content Google versus PubMed
pp. 491-492(2)
Authors: Beaton, James; Smith, Cheri

Free Content Inguinal orchidectomy
pp. 492-492(1)
Authors: Hayes, Matthew; Smart, C.J.; Mead, G.M.

Books received

Free Content Books received
pp. 493-496(4)

Online Case Reports

Free Content Unusual complication of coarctation of the aorta
pp. W1-W3(3)
Authors: Abunasra, Haitham; Hickey, Mark

Free Content An unusual presentation of genitourinary schistosomiasis in a Caucasian woman in the UK
pp. W4-W5(2)
Authors: Ajit, M.K.; Groenewald, E.A.; Speakman, M.

Free Content Metachronous stomal adenocarcinoma following abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer
pp. W6-W8(3)
Authors: Townley, W.A.; Kothari, M.S.; Meyrick-Thomas, J.

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